Columbia suspends Ilhan Omar’s daughter after pro-Palestine protest

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) daughter Isra Hirsi announced Thursday she had been suspended from college after taking part in an unauthorized pro-Palestine protest on campus.  

“i’m an organizer with CU Apartheid Divest @ColumbiaSJP, in my 3 years at @BarnardCollege i have never been reprimanded or received any disciplinary warnings,” Hirsi said on social platform X.  

“i just received notice that i am 1 of 3 students suspended for standing in solidarity with Palestinians facing a genocide,” she added.  

Columbia University noted that Hirsi is a student at Barnard College, which is connected to Columbia but has some independence.  

Barnard would not comment on specifics but pointed to an announcement from its senior staff Thursday that said Columbia and Barnard students set up an unauthorized encampment on Columbia’s South Lawn.